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Quitting smoking is really fucking hard, you guys. Seriously. RAGE-A-THON.

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adidasfactory:

She wait 9 months for her moment

And this is why it’s impossible to dislike her.

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mrowp:

Please don’t buy this system.

cant you just turn the camera around or put a blanket over it.

still a mic though 

and theres the chance that it might say something like “error kinect camera cannot function when obscured”

Videogame consoles are not supposed to spy on you.

Videogame consoles are not supposed to potentially rat you out to the government.

Videogame consoles are not supposed to arbitrarily decide who sees what’s on the screen and what’s not.

I have never told anyone not to buy a videogame console, but in this case, knowing what I know about the Xbox One, I am seriously imploring people not to buy this machine. The console will not be consumer-friendly, and between the above and an always-on internet connection, how do you know your hobby isn’t siphoning personal information to…well, who knows who?

Suffice it to say, the Xbox 360 will be my last Microsoft console. I don’t care how many more Halo games get churned out.

Adding this here from my videogame blog because it’s too important, and the potential for Microsoft to spy on us, then report findings to the government if asked…yeah, no.

Spread the word!

If you haven’t read George Orwell’s “1984”, do so.

Seriously.

hello big brother

I’m not gonna come right out and tell people not to buy it but…

if we don’t draw the line what the fuck comes next.

Just think about that.

I’m just gonna go out on a limb and urge people not to give immediately in to the new console generation IN GENERAL.

Because as Yahtzee eloquently put it: “The new generation of consoles is a desperate let’s-see-what-we-can-get-away-with lunge from a dying beast, and now they’re not even trying to pretend that it will improve the gaming experience. They’re going to force online measures to stamp out pre-owned games, they’re going to erase your histories, and they’re going to throw entire generations of games to the wind. And you, consumer, can just “deal with it”.”

And also: “Sometimes it seems like next-gen is trying to appeal to an audience that doesn’t exist. Like they’ve concocted their own idea of who they want using their consoles, and are just hoping that some combination of loyalty and peer pressure will force the actual user base to transform into those people. They dream of a phantom demographic of attractive young people with spacious living rooms, who are all so psychotically needy that they need to be in constant Skype contact and posting endless streams of Facebook updates in order to be accepted by their equally good-looking friends. Physically active and somehow capable of enjoying motion controls, but simultaneously so bone idle that they want all their entertainment devices integrated into one that they can use without leaving their seat.”

The new console generation is going to make the whole medium even more inaccessible for both players AND developers, and in the meantime also infringe on our privacy. The only way we have to stop this from happening is our coin. Let’s not give it to them. Let’s not give in to a petty fight between soulless corporations that care not one bit about gaming and gamers and games but only about your money. Let’s not fool ourselves by thinking the PS4 is gonna be better - it’s not. Just cheaper and MIGHT not require constant online (but guess what, if a developer demands it they’re gonna implement it, and then good luck playing your game if you don’t have an internet connection!)

The whole thing is utter bullshit. And I say fuck the bullshit. 

The damn thing is a telescreen, the comment about 1984 is spot on.

(Source: comradical)